The Ghost Howls

JULY 20, 2020

Finally after China and United States, also India has entered the AR race with the launch of the Jio AR glasses. Google’s investment for a 7.7% Google-Jio joint venture to develop an Android-based platform for an affordable 5G phone. Not a great evolution from Microsoft. Jio launches its AR glasses.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 19, 2021

When Microsoft won a $22B dollars contract with the US Army to develop a special version of HoloLens that could increase the “lethality” of troops, the news made strides worldwide. Microsoft X-Rings is a controllers that can change its shape. NVIDIA CloudXR is now available on Google Cloud.

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GizModo VR

JULY 20, 2021

President Joe Biden has selected attorney and frequent critic of Google parent company Alphabet to lead the United States Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, the White House announced Tuesday.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

JANUARY 20, 2023

Google parent company Alphabet announced layoffs on Friday of roughly 12,000 workers, totalling 6 percent of its global workforce. Workers in the United States will be the first affected. The news comes just days after Microsoft and Amazon announced cutbacks of roughly 10,000 employees. Today is certainly one of them.”

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Upload VR

JUNE 23, 2024

WebUSB works on Windows, Mac, Linux, ChromeOS, and even Android via Chromium browsers such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Samsung Internet. That's not to say you need a US account, to be clear, you just need to set the site region to 'United States'.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JUNE 14, 2023

The European Commission has hit Google with fresh accusations of violating its antitrust laws, citing favouritism for the latter’s own advert services over rival firms. According to the Commission’s statement , Google abused its position over the last nine years by offering better treatment to its AdX exchange.

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VRScout

MAY 7, 2018

The largest XR-focused conference in the United States returns for another year of VR & AR madness. Despite only having existed three short years, VRLA has already managed to cement itself as the one of, if not the most impactful annual immersive entertainment events in the United States.

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

That decline escalated this week with a new report from Axios revealing Microsoft and Uber, among two of the group’s largest members,… Read more. The trade organization once central to Big Tech’s intensive lobbying efforts appears to be slowly fading into the background as companies increasingly opt for a go-it-alone approach.

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VRScout

AUGUST 24, 2016

The United States will pull well ahead of the other two regions by 2020. Many consumers have yet to even experience more accessible VR headsets like Google Cardboard or Gear VR — leaving quite a bit of head room for growth. HTC Vive most talked about headset on social media.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Each year, Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated in the United States, beginning on September 15 and ending on October 15. Established in 1968, the celebration seeks to recognize the contributions and achievements of the Latin American community in this country.

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The Ghost Howls

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The project is carried on by Microsoft which was given the monster contract of $22B to create this device by modifying its HoloLens glasses. The next step is about trying to integrate the glasses with cloud services, something about which Microsoft is a worldwide leader thanks to Azure.

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UploadVR Between Realities podcast

OCTOBER 24, 2016

In an industry populated with giants such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft it is astounding that one of the most important names in the game is a startup known as Magic Leap. million dollars from the likes of Google, Qualcomm and China’s Alibaba group. Currently sitting at a $4.5

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XR Today - Big XR News tag

JANUARY 23, 2023

Google Parent Alphabet Lays Off 12,000 Jobs Late last week, Alphabet, Google’s parent firm, laid off roughly 12,000 individuals. The move accounts for around 6 percent of Google’s global workforce. Pichai also noted that workers in the United States would be the first affected.

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 20, 2022

Even if it is not so famous in Europe, the SXSW (South by SouthWest) has always been one of the events to be in the United States. I’ve personally met and had a chat with people from Unity and Epic Games, Roblox, The Sandbox, HTC Vive, Microsoft, Rec Room. Going SXSW. SXSW Logo (Image by SXSW).

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 26, 2024

Plus, if you have a Mac computer, you’ll need a Chromium browser, such as Microsoft Edge, Opera, or Google Chrome (Safari won’t work). That doesn’t mean the software update tool is only available to US customers, but it does need your region to be set to the United States – at least for now.

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ARVR

JANUARY 21, 2022

Support for this feature has been expanded to London and other cities in the United States in ARKit 5. This past year, Google introduced a few new features for ARCore such as recording and playback APIs. Australian aircraft technicians are now using Microsoft HoloLens with Boeing-developed software to maintain aircrafts.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Rumours of renewed work on Google’s Project Iris augmented reality (AR) smart glasses have surfaced on the internet, according to reports. Originally, Google acquired technologies from North, an AR smart glasses enterprise, and debuted the project at its I/O event.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 7, 2023

The metaverse has been pioneered largely by innovative start-ups, but there are concerns that the likes of Microsoft and Meta could trample over these firms due to their existing reach and scale. EU Activity The EU is no stranger to putting its money where its mouth is, targeting metaverse builders Meta and Google in just the last few weeks.

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TechCrunch VR

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Their approach is different than what Microsoft or Google has built but Facebook highlights a shared central challenge: dealing with Apple. Apple was initially slow to provide a path forward for cloud gaming apps from Google and Microsoft, which had previously been outlawed on the App Store.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 14, 2023

.” He added that higher interest rates across the United States, geopolitical instability, and tightening regulations had hit Meta’s business operations. ” The news comes as multiple tech giants slash their workforces, namely Google parent company Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, and others, amid the ongoing tech crisis.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MAY 22, 2023

A press release cited Meta Ireland’s alleged failure to safeguard data transfers from the EU to the United States. Big Tech Faces Big Settlements In January, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) filed a lawsuit against Google’s parent firm, Alphabet. EU regulators hit Google with a €2.42

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The Ghost Howls

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

I was born in Beijing, China and grew up in the United States. After that, I headed for China to pursue my dream and headed marketing and strategy for the release of the Microsoft A.I. But perhaps we will come back to it since there are many innovations appearing in AR such as those seen in the new Google Pixel 3.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

APRIL 4, 2023

Following the latest updates from Meta, Disney, Accenture Amazon, Google, and others, Apple could potentially delay the device again due largely to adverse market conditions. Numerous tech innovators have shifted to generative AI platforms such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, leading to Google’s BardAI, Microsoft’s Bing AI, and others.

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Hypergrid Business

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Google VR SDK is popular for building virtual reality applications for Android and iOS. WebVR is also becoming a formidable force for those who love HTC Vive, Oculus Rift or Google Cardboard, in a web browser. He teaches yet another course on how to tackle different VR projects using Google VR for Android.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 15, 2021

behemoth that turned policy water into wine for the likes of Facebook, Amazon, and Google, is set to dissolve this week following months of reduced relevance and diminished support from its increasingly at-odds members. Pour one out for corporate tech lobbying. The Internet Association, the once towering D.C. Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This reflects actions taken at Google, Snap, Microsoft, and Apple over the last few months regarding their respective smart glass offerings. Such innovations include its partnerships with Microsoft and Zoom, digital twin and hyperrealistic avatar construction tools , and AI-powered Research SuperCluster facility, among others.

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Hypergrid Business

AUGUST 21, 2017

Architecture students from Egypt and the United States meeting in Second Life. Educating K-12 children is an entirely different proposition, one that uses different tools, such as Google Expeditions or Nearpod VR. Image courtesy Google Expeditions.). This is what Microsoft did in the 1980s with office automation.

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ARVR

MARCH 5, 2021

Furthermore, my involvement is primarily confined to one particular social VR platform, AltspaceVR, owned by Microsoft, making most of my experience the product of a niche within a niche within a niche. Microsoft has been very active in this area for years and their video on the history of flight simulation is a good introduction.

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XR Today - Augmented Reality tag

MARCH 6, 2023

With Qualcomm’s industry-leading Snapdragon Spaces platform , Xiaomi can also develop programmes on OpenXR and Microsoft’s MRTK toolkit. Both companies and Microsoft, Google, Snap, Amazon, and many other US tech firms launched a massive wave of workforce layoffs in recent months to streamline operations.

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Everything VR & AR

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Joined by Niko Chauls who is the Director of Emerging Technology at the USA Today & Gannett Network on this episode to learn more about what his team is doing in the augmented, mixed and virtual reality space across their 110 locations in the United States.

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The Ghost Howls

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Finally Magic Leap will be available in almost all the United States. ” , that are all the member states of the USA, excluded Alaska and Hawaii. This is for instance something that Microsoft lacks completely. @PixelStrikeInc brace yourself…the memes are coming. pic.twitter.com/MbJZV8aOdf. Avatar Chat.

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Bernard Marr

JANUARY 3, 2024

AlphaMissense—A Breakthrough In Identifying Dangerous Gene Mutations Some of the most profound implications for AI are in the field of bioscience and genetics, and in 2023, Google made a significant leap forward with its DeepMind-developed AlphaMissense model.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

MARCH 14, 2023

” He added that higher interest rates across the United States, geopolitical instability, and tightening regulations had hit Meta’s business operations. This has included Google parent company Alphabet , Microsoft, Amazon, and others amid the ongoing tech crisis.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Hosting virtual and in-person conferences across the United States and Europe, the event encapsulates the VR/AR Association’s quest to facilitate innovation in the immersive technology space. Produced by the VR/AR Association , the Immerse Global Summit is one of the world’s most exciting technology conference series.

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VRScout

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Microsoft debuts their latest mixed reality device at Mobile World Conference 2019. Over these past three and a half years, Microsoft has been listening to their customers, claims HoloLens inventor and Microsoft Technical Fellow Alex Kipman as he took his turn on stage. Microsoft HoloLens 2 / Image Credit: Microsoft.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

Steve: Well, it was a MetaVRse product that I downloaded to my phone some time, in Google Cardboard. Because in the United States — and I know this is a trend around the world — 60 percent of students can opt out these days. We had a nice big bump at the beginning of the year with Microsoft. Alan: Excellent.

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XR for Business Podcast

AUGUST 2, 2019

Steve: Well, it was a MetaVRse product that I downloaded to my phone some time, in Google Cardboard. Because in the United States — and I know this is a trend around the world — 60 percent of students can opt out these days. We had a nice big bump at the beginning of the year with Microsoft. Alan: Excellent.

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